No.I didn't use any sharp objects on my out-of-town guests.
Though the sixth time my sister-in-law asked me when we'd gotten the "poodle" (she was referring to our Maltese, Momo), I would have happily used a sharp object on her.
The "Sharp Objects" I'm referring to is actually the title of a novel I read this weekend.
I'd read several reviews of this novel ~all of them excellent~and knew it would be something I'd like.
We also cooked and ate way too much all weekend: babyback ribs, ribeye steaks, potatoes slathered in butter, rolled in kosher salt and stuffed with onion slices before baking.....yeast rolls, chicken tetrazzini.....peach cobbler.....
I'm STILL full and unable to form a coherent post with regards to my thoughts on this book.
The following "reader review"~taken from Amazon.com ~sums up my feelings rather well....
"A book like this is so hard to explain and really hard to review because while I LOVED it, it might be the kind of book that only a certain kind of person can like. The main character is a beautiful self-destructive woman, the kind of heroine I personally love, but am not sure others would. She's screwed up and has a horrifying relationship with her mother. She returns to her home town to report on a series of child murders and becomes involved with the investigation even as she gets sucked back into her mother and half-sister's demented worlds. This book has deep dark rich atmosphere--dark woods with secrets, heavy humid summer heat, cruel spiteful girls, references to wicked witches, tragic beautiful boys, adolescent eroticism, and always a pervading sense of evil. It's always there and I loved it, embraced it, couldn't stop reading it. Definitely worthy of a good read. Get yourself a blanket and read it on a dark winter afternoon."
Go here for more information about the book and reviews by authors such as Stephen King (hint: he loved it too!).
Oh, and if anybody wants my Chicken Tetrazinni recipe, let me know.
It's sooooooooooooo good and soooooooooooo easy!
Yes! Yes! Please share the chicken tetrazinni recipe. Italian food is the only type of food my whole family loves!
ReplyDeleteYour sister-in-law does seem a little - um - interesting. Doesn't everyone have an - um - interesting sister-in-law? Remind me to tell you about mine someday.
Library mama: I'll be more than happy to share it with you, but I should tell you that it's probably not traditional Italian food. I'll also tell you that everyone who has ever eaten it has loved it.
ReplyDeleteStill want it?
Yes, my sister-in-law is...umm....interesting. But very sweet.
You'll have to share your sister-in-law story someday. ;-)
Gimme the goods girl!!!
ReplyDeleteDid I miss the wedding date yet? Any idea?
I might be coming your way in May. Might!!
I'm gonna check into that book. I love to read!
I am grabbing that book. Love the premise. Thank YOU~
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Of course we want the recipe...esp if its easy! The book sounds like something I would like to read...thanks for the tip. Hope your company is gone....company is like fish....3 days and they stink!
ReplyDeleteGive us the recipe!
ReplyDeletebutterfly: I think I'll post the recipe tomorrow. I wish I'd taken a picture of the finished product!
ReplyDeleteWe haven't settled on a date for sure....but we're thinking Feb 23, 08 in Birmingham, AL.
If you come this way in May, be sure to let me know. I'd love to meet up. :)
I love to read too. And don't nearly as much as I did before I started blogging.
This book is so so SO good!
cp: I think you'll love the book.
I expected to like it.
I didn't expect to be as engrossed in it as I was....I could NOT put it down!
catch: I'm gonna post the recipe tomorrow. It's super easy and makes a lot.....good for company, etc.
the book is awesome. Really.
My company left Sunday. So they're stay was just long enough. :)
I'm coming over. I have a note from my doctor about sharp objects.
ReplyDeleteRegistering my vote for the chicken recipe. Sounds good!
ReplyDeleteBook sounds good too. Always looking for something to add to my "must read" list.
Thanks from Down Under.
Had I been over your house this weekend I probably would have gained 10 pounds. The food sounds great!
ReplyDeleteLooks like your blogroll went all spazzy!
ReplyDeleteI'll take your word for it and add that book to my Amazon wish list. My book club is always up for a new read!
Recipe! Recipe!!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, that book sounds good!!!!
I want to hear more about the potatoes.
ReplyDeleteI want the chicken tetrazzini recipe!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat book sounds interesting. Was it depressing? I don't do depressing.
I want the chicken tetrazzini recipe!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat book sounds interesting. Was it depressing? I don't do depressing.
I've never heard of putting an onion slice into a potato before baking it. That sounds wonderful! I'm going to have to have Hubby do it that way next time he bakes potatos. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds great.
ReplyDeleteI would also love the recipe please, who knows I may be able to dazzle WP with my culinary skills LOL.
Hope sister in law doesnt know about you blog ;)
Why? Why do I read everyone's post and get hungry? Probably because I have a fat booty!!!!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm hungry. The food sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds so interesting. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the FYI.
So, did your faithful followers convince you to post both the chicken tetrazinni and the potato recipes? I hope so. And you and I could talk about sharp objects. My Indian name is Dangerous-with-Sharp-Objects. (But nearly cutting my finger off with my freshly sharpened pocket knife that evening after we had taken down 500+ feet of 6 ft chain link fence wasn't really my fault.) (As you can imagine.)
ReplyDeletejustin: I just posted it! :)
ReplyDeletemist: be sure to bring your note.
deep kick girl: recipe posted today! Hope you enjoy it. :)
thanks for visiting! :)
corky: I think I gained AT LEAST 5 pounds. I'm afraid to get on the scale.... :(
sunshine: my blogroll was spazzy for awhile there....weird!
Hope you like the book. :)
eve: it's posted today! and the book is excellent~in my opinion anyway. ;-)
limpy: I posted the potato recipe just for you! ;-)
nonny: posted it! I wouldn't say the book is sad....disturbing~but not sad. I think you'd like it.
kc: the potatoes are so tasty with an onion slice in them....believe me! :)
pixie: the book is great! The recipe is posted and my SIL doesn't know a thing about my blog! *LOL*
mrs. slushie: I have a fat booty too, but that doesn't stop me from eating stuff I love. ;-)
jenn: the food really was yummy!
The book is one of the best I've read in awhile.
dwso: My "faithful followers" did in fact, convince me to post the recipes.
As for your encounter with sharp objects: ouch!
Thanks for visiting. :)
Oooh, I'm going to have to check this one out. Sounds like it's right up my alley!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recommendation!
You lost me on the first sentence when you ruined all the fun of hoping for blood & guts.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good book, I'd read it!
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